acentuação lexical

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Note that the nuclear vowels of the morphemes in question are bearers of high tone created by their acentuação lexical and that although both the cases result in sequences of high tones, in the vowel and in the nasal consonant, the rhythmic distinction between the two forms is expressed through the extra-long vowel, in the first person singular that authorizes a prosodic melody that is distinct from the realization for the second person singular

Explanation:"Lexical stress" isn't wrong, but I think you need to add "pattern" in order for it to make sense.

Here are some suggestions for your translation (note that I cut out some of the redundancy).

Note that the morphemes' nuclear vowels carry a high tone because of the word's/lexical stress pattern. Although in both cases high-tone sequences fall on the vowel and the nasal consonant, the extra-long vowel in the first person singular makes for a prosodic melody that is distinct from that seen in the second person singular.

**High-tone sequences** help to make a clear distinction in Baule between ... behaviour of High-tone sequences in (9) suggests that the difference ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0952675797003321

THANKS! Much nicer translatoin than mine, much smoother and without all those extra words... when I compare them it seems so obvious. "make for" is of course better than "authorizes", for example ... AGRADECO!4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Explanation:"Lexical stress" isn't wrong, but I think you need to add "pattern" in order for it to make sense.

Here are some suggestions for your translation (note that I cut out some of the redundancy).

Note that the morphemes' nuclear vowels carry a high tone because of the word's/lexical stress pattern. Although in both cases high-tone sequences fall on the vowel and the nasal consonant, the extra-long vowel in the first person singular makes for a prosodic melody that is distinct from that seen in the second person singular.

**High-tone sequences** help to make a clear distinction in Baule between ... behaviour of High-tone sequences in (9) suggests that the difference ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0952675797003321

THANKS! Much nicer translatoin than mine, much smoother and without all those extra words... when I compare them it seems so obvious. "make for" is of course better than "authorizes", for example ... AGRADECO!